Graphic Packaging (GPK)
Materials · Paper Packaging · NYSE
Graphic Packaging is a leading provider of sustainable, fiber-based packaging solutions for the consumer goods and foodservice industries.
What Graphic Packaging does
Graphic Packaging Holding Company provides sustainable paper-based packaging solutions to food, beverage, foodservice, and other consumer product companies. The company designs and manufactures integrated packaging systems, including folding cartons and flexible paper packaging, aimed at protecting and promoting products while supporting circular economy goals.
Themes: sustainable packaging, circular economy, consumer goods packaging, foodservice packaging
Fundamentals
- Price$11.96 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$3.5B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-47.8% 2025-08-21 close $22.89 → 2026-08-21 close $11.96
- P/E17.91 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+2.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+15.5% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+5.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity1.75 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+0.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-3.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.67 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-04 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.8%; at least 1 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How GPK compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 94 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 25% 141 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 151 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 127 covered Materials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 95 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
GPK is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
25.9 #968 of 987 scored · #63 of 66 in Materials
Valuation 79th (price to book 1.3, price to earnings 17.9) and financial health 21st (debt to equity 1.8, free cash flow margin 5.5%); weakest is capital return (11th, consecutive years of dividend increases 1 year).
Short-term score
61.1 #158 of 1,704 scored · #7 of 83 in Materials
Volume and participation 70th: it gapped 3.6% above the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed; setup 69th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down; weakest is momentum 51st: near the top of its 14-day range (overbought).
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, GPK's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 29%, operating-cash-flow payout 15%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout29% dividends / net income
- Operating-cash-flow payout15% dividends / operating cash flow — capital spending was not reported, so this does not subtract it
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Graphic Packaging looks technically
Graphic Packaging (GPK) is trading 2.6% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 391 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though buyers have been pushing harder than sellers lately — pressure, not a trend. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 11 trading days ago. It is 49.0% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 2.6% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -2.6% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $11.01 | $11.01 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $12.28 | $12.28 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 14 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 14 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that upward direction; the labelling fails if price closes below 11.33. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 391 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 391 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though buyers have been pushing harder than sellers lately — pressure, not a trend | 14.6 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 59.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($10.75 to $12.24) — its "stochastic" reading is 81 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 80.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 6 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $23.47 | $23.47 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 49.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -49.0% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 36.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +36.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 49.0% below its highest point of the past year | 49.0% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 11 trading days ago | 11 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 11 trading days ago | 11 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $30.70 (set on 2024-10-28) | $30.70 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($8.91 to $23.04), and it has recovered roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 22% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $17.64 to $18.09. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 21.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 61.0% below its all-time high | -61.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.8% below a resistance level at $12.17 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-02-12, most recently on 2026-08-07. Since 2024-08-21 it has 2 such levels below the current price and 13 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +1.8% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.57 (set on 2009-02-18) | $0.57 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1998.2% above its all-time low | +1,998% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 33rd percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.4577 between its high and its low — about 3.8% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.4577 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $10.74 and $12.33 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $10.74 – $11.53 – $12.33 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.8% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.8% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (2.6% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.98× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 0.7% since the prior reading | +0.7% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 9 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 9 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.7% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.6% above the previous close 14 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 10.73 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +3.6% |
| Gap filled | a 2.9% gap up opened on 2026-06-16 has been "filled" 45 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 45 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 3 sessions in a row, a +9.02% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 3 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 7.4 percentage points (the stock gained 9.7% while the market gained 2.3%) | +7.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 16.0 percentage points (the stock gained 19.1% while the market gained 3.1%) | +16.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 15.5 percentage points (the stock lost 4.5% while the market gained 11.1%) | -15.5% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 68.2 percentage points (the stock lost 47.8% while the market gained 20.5%) | -68.2% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 14% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 0.6% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +13.6% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 7% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $11.21 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +6.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 2% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-04 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $11.69 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 14 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +2.3% |
Price levels it has turned at before
GPK last closed at $11.96 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 2 prices below its last close and 13 above; the 2 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $12.17 | Resistance | 1.8% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-02-12 to 2026-08-07 |
| $11.29 | Support | 5.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-17 to 2026-07-17 |
| $9.98 | Support | 16.6% below the last close | turned there five times · 2026-04-10 to 2026-07-08 |
| $15.00 | Resistance | 25.4% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-04 to 2025-11-20 |
| $15.73 | Resistance | 31.6% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-12-19 to 2026-01-23 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $11.33.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $11.37 and $11.83 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close above $12.24.
This reading has stood for 3 trading days, since 2026-08-19.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · At the top of its 14-day range (stochastic above 80) · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (3.08 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 11 analysts
- Mean price target$12.58 range $10.00 – $18.00; median $12.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-21. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for GPK
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.2438 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-21
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Potential for goodwill impairment charges if business conditions or financial performance deteriorate.","Risks associated with changing business conditions and market capitalization volatility."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of GPK's 10-Q filed 2026-05-05 against the prior one filed 2025-11-04.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing references Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2025 (vs. December 31, 2024 in older filing)
- Newer filing added disclosure: 'In December 2025, the Company closed its East Angus, Québec, recycled paperboard manufacturing facility'
- Newer filing specifies 'During three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized a gain of $4 million on the sale of an exited property'
- Newer filing discloses current assets and liabilities of $19 million and $6 million respectively related to held for sale facilities as of March 31, 2026
- Newer filing presents Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025 results table with Net Sales $2,156M vs $2,120M and Income from Operations $19M vs $221M
- Newer filing reports innovation sales growth of $42 million (vs $52 million in older filing for different quarter)
- Newer filing reports $21 million other inflation impact (primarily labor and benefits) and $16 million commodity inflation impact
- Removed:
- Older filing disclosure removed: 'On May 1, 2024, the Company completed the sale of its Augusta, Georgia bleached paperboard manufacturing facility (the "Augusta Divestiture") to Clearwater Paper Corporation for a total consideration of $711 million'
- Older filing's nine months ended September 30 comparative results table not present in newer filing
- Older filing's third quarter 2024 comparison details not present in newer filing
- Older filing reference to $12 million in held for sale assets as of September 30, 2025 replaced with $10 million as of December 31, 2025
- Reworded:
- Newer: 'leading global provider' vs Older: 'leading global producer'
- Newer: 'recycled paperboard, unbleached paperboard and bleached paperboard' vs Older: 'unbleached paperboard, recycled paperboard and bleached paperboard' (reordered sequence)
- Newer: 'understand their specifications and goals' vs Older: 'understand their needs and goals'
- Older acquisition section stated facility closure 'in May 2025' as past tense; Newer filing uses same phrasing for consistency but adds December 2025 closure
- Newer: facility closures in 2024 'During three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized a gain of $4 million' vs Older: 'by the end of 2024 and early 2025' with $12 million held for sale
- Notes:
- Newer filing appears truncated mid-sentence in 'Income from Operations was also unfavorably im' - full text not available for comparison
- Older filing covers third quarter and nine months periods; newer filing covers first quarter - different reporting periods make some comparisons non-parallel
- Balance sheet held-for-sale amounts differ due to different reporting dates (March 31, 2026 vs September 30, 2025)
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days3 buys ($353992) · 0 sells — 2 buying insiders
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-20. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about GPK's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 3 matched disclosures for GPK from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding GPK as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 63,687,783
- Reported value $634,141,214
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 4 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
GPK had 21,448,657 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
GPK had 7.24% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.11 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 21,448,657
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 7.24%
- Prior settlement (shares) 28,101,069
- Reported change -23.67%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.11
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- WestRock (WRK)
- International Paper (IP)
- Ball Corporation (BALL)
- Crown Holdings (CCK)
- Amcor (AMCR)
- Sonoco Products (SON)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Graphic Packaging (GPK) do?
Graphic Packaging Holding Company provides sustainable paper-based packaging solutions to food, beverage, foodservice, and other consumer product companies. The company designs and manufactures integrated packaging systems, including folding cartons and flexible paper packaging, aimed at protecting and promoting products while supporting circular economy goals.
What sector is Graphic Packaging (GPK) in?
Graphic Packaging (GPK) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is Paper Packaging. It trades on NYSE.
Does GPK pay a dividend?
Yes — Graphic Packaging (GPK) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.75% and at least 1 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Graphic Packaging's (GPK) competitors?
Notable peers of Graphic Packaging (GPK) include WestRock, International Paper, Ball Corporation, Crown Holdings and Amcor. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in GPK?
Yes — we hold 3 matched STOCK Act disclosures for GPK from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Graphic Packaging (GPK) overbought or oversold right now?
Graphic Packaging (GPK) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on GPK come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.